2013 FORD FIESTA Engine Problems

JUNE 2013, FORD FIESTA 2013 (BOUGHT NEW OCT 2012) BEGAN TO SHUDDER UPON TAKEOFF FROM A STOP AND ALSO WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP ON JULY 18, 2013; THEY PERFORMED A SOFTWARE UPDATE AND SAID (AT THAT TIME) IF THAT DIDN'T WORK THE CLUTCH WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. TOOK CAR BACK ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2013. TOOK MECHANIC OUT BUT TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY AND I COULDN'T REPRODUCE THE EXACT ISSUE. HOWEVER, PROBLEMS LISTED ABOVE STILL PERSIST, AND AN ADDITIONAL ISSUE OF POWER LOSS WHEN TURNING THE CORNER AT SPEEDS OF 10 MPH OR LESS HAS DEVELOPED. *TR

TOOK CAR TO GET ACCELERATOR STICKING, CHUGGING DOWN, LOOSING POWER FOR THE 5TH TIME. WHEN THEY PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE LAST DEALER THAT DID THE AIRBAG RECALL LEFT THE THING UNPLUGGED. WHAT? REALLY? IF WE WOULD HAVE GOT THE ACCELERATOR TO STICK OR CAR DIE WHEN I WAS PULLING OUT AND GOT HIT AND MY HUSBAND WOULD HAVE GOTTEN HURT BECAUSE THE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY, WHAT WOULD THEIR EXCUSE BE THIS TIME. *TR

MY FORD FIESTA 2013 HAS BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH SHUDDERING, LUNGING, JERKING, AND FAILING TO ENGAGE GEAR SHIFTS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY SEVERAL FORD DEALERS AND SERVICEMEN THAT I NEED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AS IF IT WERE A STICKSHIFT AND HESITATION BETWEEN GEAR SHIFTS IS NORMAL FOR THIS CAR. A FORD DEALER HOOKED UP A LAPTOP AND RESET THE VEHICLE TO TSB 13-4-5 "INTERMITTENT TRANSMISSION CLUTCH SHUDDER DPS6 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION". THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED, SO I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH FORD MOTOR COMPANY; COMPLAINT #2989023. I WAS TOLD THAT I NEED TO BRING THE CAR TO A DEALER AND THEY NEED PROOF THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. THE SERVICE PERSON SAID I NEED TO BE DRIVING THE CAR WHILE FAULTS ARE DOCUMENTED BECAUSE THE CAR HAS AN ADAPTIVE LEARNING PROGRAM THAT RESPONDS TO THE DRIVER'S ACTIONS. I BROUGH THE CAR TO SCHAUMBURGH FORD IN...

I'VE EXPERIENCED MY NEW FORD FIESTA 2013 SHUDDERING, SHAKING, AND CHUGGING. ESPECIALLY WHEN I'M ON A HILL STOPPED AND I TRY TO ACCELERATE. I HAVE AN AUTOMATIC AND IT ACTS LIKE A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE ON THE HILL AFTER STOPPING, THE VEHICLE ALMOST SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH I PURCHASED IT FROM ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. BOTH TIMES, THE SERVICE ADVISOR AND THE SERVICE MANAGER INFORMED ME THAT THE VEHICLE IS PERFORMING AS IT SHOULD AND THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS. I CAN'T RELY ON THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AS IT SHOULD. MANY TIMES I'VE BEEN AFRAID OF MY SAFETY TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC BECAUSE I KNOW IT WON'T PERFORM. *TR

WHEN TRYING TO TAKE OFF CAR ALMOST SHUTS OFF AND THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN PICKS BACK UP AND TAKES OFF. SOMETIMES COMING OUT OF FIRST GEAR THE GAS STICKS AND CHUGS LIKE IT ISN'T GETTING GAS JUST GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. IT IS SO BAD THAT IF YOU WANT TO TAKE OFF INTO TRAFFIC YOU HAVE TO CUT THE AIR OFF OR HEAT TO GET ALL THE POWER YOU CAN. IF YOU HAVE THE AC ON AND MAKE A TURN AND SHIFT DOWN YOU HAVE TO GO A GEAR LOWER IF THE AC IS ON . THEN IT CHUGS ALONG UNTIL IT CATCHES UP. *TR

I PICKED UP THIS VEHICLE BRAND- NEW FROM THE DEALERSHIP ON 8/2/13. BY 8/5, THREE DAYS AFTER I GOT THE CAR, THE ENTIRE FRONT END HAD STARTED TO SHUDDER AND CHUG, AND THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON. IT FELT LIKE A DEEP-SEATED TIMING ISSUE (THE ENGINE RPMS HAD BEEN A BIT OFF SINCE I PICKED UP THE CAR ON 8/2, AND IT APPEARED TO BE SHIFTING ODDLY, EVEN BEFORE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON). THE CLUTCH ALSO ENGAGED AT ODD TIMES (I BOUGHT AN AUTOMATIC), AND IT DIDN'T APPEAR THAT THE ENGINE RPMS AND TRANSMISSION SHIFTING WERE SYNCHING UP CORRECTLY AT ALL. MY DIAGNOSIS WAS CONFIRMED WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ROMANO FORD IN SYRACUSE, NY, WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE NEXT DAY (8/6), I WAS TOLD THAT A "CAM PHASER" HAD FAILED ON THE ENGINE DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, AND THAT THE ENGINE OIL...

FIRST TIME IT ALMOST COMPLETELY DIED ON ME GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY, THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT GUNNED IT AND TOOK OFF. ABOUT 3 MILES DOWN THE HIGH WAY ENGINE LIGHTS AND SERVICE LIGHTS CAME ON. I GOT TO WORK AND THEY TOWED IT. THEY SAID THEY CHANGED SOME KIND OF WIRING UNDER THE FRONT WINDOW AND DASH. THAT DIDN'T FIX IT. THE NEXT DAY I WAS PULLING OUT OF WENDY'S AND GIVE IT SOME GAS AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I ROLLED THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT GUNNED IT AGAIN. I ALMOST GOT HIT. GOT IT HOME AND PARTED IT. TOOK IT IN THE NEXT DAY AND THEY CHANGED THE THROTTLE BODY ON IT. IT STILL HESITATES AS YOU GO DOWN THE HIGHWAY. HAS VERY LITTLE TAKE OFF AND MERGING POWER. THE ONLY THING I AM GLAD I DID WHEN I BOUGHT THIS CAR WAS I GOT A STRAIGHT...

I ALMOST DIED IN THIS CAR TODAY. I RENTED IT FOR MY TRIP IN MAUI. IT WAS PRACTICALLY NEW WITH ONLY 10,000 MILES ON IT, SO THERE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANYTHING WRONG, EVEN IF THE PEOPLE THAT RENTED IT BEFORE ME DROVE IT HORRIBLY. TODAY I DROVE IT INTO THE HILLS (UPCOUNTRY MAUI). I WAS ON A ROAD WITH A CLIFF ON THE LEFT SIDE AND A DRIVEWAY ON THE RIGHT. I PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY, WHICH WAS A HILL GOING UP, AND EVERYTHING WAS INITIALLY FINE, THE CAR WAS GOING UP THE HILL JUST FINE, BUT A LITTLE OVER HALFWAY UP THE HILL THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING/MOVING. I WAS PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR BUT IT HAD NO RPMS AND THE CAR BEGAN ROLLING BACKWARDS. SUDDENLY, THE TRANSMISSION (?) KICKED IN AND THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD AT 20MPH. THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL IT AND...

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY MY VEHICLE GOT VERY SHAKY AND UNCONTROLLABLE TO DRIVE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WE NOTICED A BURNING SMELL AND SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AREA. AFTER BEING ABLE TO PULL OFF FREEWAY AND CHECK CAR WE NOTICED A HUGE TRAIL AND PUDDLE OF OIL COMING FROM MY CAR. TURNED CAR INTO FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A OIL LEAK FROM MY ENGINE OIL COOLER AND RESULTED IN A SHATTERED PISTON IN MY ENGINE FROM IT BEING STARVED OF OIL. WAS TOLD BY FORD I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE, BUT RECEIVED A "REMANUFACTURED" ENGINE LONG BLOCK FROM FORD. AFTER ALMOST 3 WEEKS I GOT THE CAR BACK AND THAT SAME DAY THE CAR STARTED TO SHUDDER AND SHAKE BADLY, EVERYTIME I START THE CAR THE CAR WOULD CRANK OVER AND TAKE 5-10 SECONDS TO ACTUALLY CATCH AND START. IT...